Welcome to the Sheffield Pop Maths Home page!
Follow the links on the right to find out more about PopMaths, and look at some of the photographs of our quiz events.
See the photos of the 2011 PopMaths Quiz, which took place at Sheffield Hallam University on 12th March!
Some sample images..
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2012 Quiz - Saturday 10th March
Get it on your calendar!
Bookings for the 17th PopMaths quiz may be made online here.See a map showing the locations of the 150 teams booked so far. The main lecture is by Rob Eastaway, for which you can apply for free tickets in advance. It is entitled " Snakes, Ladders and the Olympics".
Directions for visitors: finding Sheffield Hallam University.
Campus map (come to the Main Entrance - 12 on the map) |
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2011 Quiz - Saturday 12th March Download a programme of the event. See a map showing team locations. The main lecture was by Alex Bellos and entitled "Alex's Adventures in Numberland". The 6th form lecture was "Genetic Algorithms" by Dick Pitt of SHU. 2010 Quiz - Saturday 13th March
See a map showing team locations.
The main lecture was by Joe Kyle and entitled "Extraordinary Maths in Ordinary Places". The 6th form lecture was "There's More to Modelling than the Catwalk" by Neil Challis and Harry Gretton of SHU. 2009 Quiz - Saturday 7th March
See a map showing team locationsThe main lecture was by Kjartan Poskitt and entitled "Murderous Maths". The 6th form lecture was "The Mathematics of Digital Photography" by Jeff Waldock. 2008 Quiz - Saturday 15th March
Photos.
See a map showing team locations.
The main lecture was by Katie Chicot and entitled
"Space Shrinking and Time Expanding".The 6th form lecture was "An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms" by Dick Pitt. 2007 Quiz - Saturday 17th March
Photos.
See a map showing team locations.
2006 Quiz - Saturday 18th March
Here are some video clips,
a collage of some of the best images of the event and a slideshow
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Photos of the Maths Grand Day Out, on 30 June, 2004
Click here [Word Doc file] for a copy of the PopMaths trail - can you answer the questions??
